Class Feedback and Idea's

So today I played my selected song, Up up up - Givers, to the class so I could get some feedback and ideas of what they thought and possibly help me with my music video concept.

 The majority of the class' ideas all revolved around an urban setting, happy atmosphere including friends, or includes lots of dancing. Lot's of ideas of seeing the band performing came up as well, which isn't an idea I'd first considered as I didn't know how I would fit with my original idea.

  A couple ideas that I really liked from the class is the idea of following a balloon that's rising in the air in an urban setting, then from the balloons point of view you can see different story lines within that urban setting/town taking place. All are happy, possibly seeing couples, first dates, kids on picnics with family, old people feeding ducks, ect. Then also you would have the band playing on top of the balloon, so the possibility of using green screen could be used during those scenes. Although I really like this idea, it's very similar to the original music video, which is what I wanted to stay far away from.

  Another Idea I really liked involved animation, with trees, flowers and animals talking to a man who had found himself in this 'alice and wonderland' world. Again, another great opportunity for green screen, which I like the idea of. This could also fit in well with my current idea, as when the couple go into the tent, they could find themselves in that fairy tale world, since I'd drawn a blank of where to go from that point on.

  My favourite idea from the class is probably the most simple. It consists of have a plain white room and having a variety of sizes of balls in there, from exercise balls, to footballs and down to bouncy ball bit balls. In this room, the original idea explains that there is two people in there playing with the balls and when they open a door, it "leads to civilization". I love the idea and how simple it is, although instead of using my couple, I'd probably use a characters to imitate the band, that way I could include a performance element into my music video which I would really love to do. Also, the possibility of exchanging balls for paint and having splashes of colour all over the white walls. 

 So, During moments within the music video you see clips of the band playing in a brightly coloured, splashed room of paint, performing to the camera. And during the 'crazy ending' (and possibly throughout the video as well) you could have the band splashing the paint over the walls, basically having an awesome time with the paint. If this idea is too impractical, you could use the balls like in the original idea OR you could completely fill the room with balloons and have the band play with those, instead. I really like this idea, and probably will use this white room balloon/paint idea to fill the gaps in my initial video idea!